New York Port Authority Unveils Sweeping Carbon-Cutting Plan

Sept. 19, 2023, 10:00 AM UTC

The agency that runs some of New York City’s highest-profile infrastructure will lay out a plan on Tuesday to cut emissions at some of the nation’s busiest airports, adopt zero-emissions cranes at the biggest seaport on the East Coast, and take a wide range of other steps across the region.

The 12-point plan—which includes reducing carbon from buildings, buses, and generating stations—is the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s first stab at describing its broad, but previously vague, goal of cutting emissions 35% by 2025, 50% by 2030, and 100% by 2050.

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